Understanding Medical-surgical Nursing

by Williams, Linda S.; Hopper, Paula D.

• ISBN13: 9780803668980
• ISBN10: 0803668988
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780803640689, 9781719644587
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback w/ Access Code
• Copyright: 2019-02-01
• Publisher: F.A. Davis Company
• More Book Details

Summary

Understanding Medical-Surgical Nursing, 6th Edition, Online Resources, and Davis Edge work together to create an interactive learning experience that teaches students to think critically and make the best patient care decisions.

The text, written specifically for LPNs/LVNs, provides the comprehensive medical-surgical nursing knowledge they need to understand in this key course. Online Resources equip instructors with the lesson plans, teaching resources, and activities to create an active classroom environment where students can apply what they’re learning. Davis Edge online quizzing tracks student progress; assesses their knowledge; prepares students for classroom exams and the NCLEX; and provides real time analytics to identify their weak concepts and topic areas.

BONUS! Quizzes in the Instructor Reserve section of Davis Edge can be assigned to ensure your students have watched the corresponding videos from Davis’s Nursing Skills Videos for LPN/LVN, 3rd Edition, sold separately.

Text

Understanding Medical-Surgical Nursing, 6th Edition

A student-oriented focus helps LPN/LVN students to master safe and effective nursing care by developing the critical-thinking and problem-solving skills they need to excel in clinical practice. Clear, concise, readable, well organized, and easy to follow, it’s the text that prepares new nurses to make the connections. 

Davis Edge

Davis Edge is the online quizzing program that integrates seamlessly into the classroom to give students the additional practice questions they need to perform well on course and board exams. Handpicked preset assignments save instructors time, while actionable analytics let them take the pulse of how their students are performing in med-surg.

Instructors have the real-time information they need to monitor, track, and assess their class’ mastery of the content. They are able to easily identify the areas in which students are struggling, intervene quickly, and provide relevant remediation to ensure that students succeed and improve within following areas:

• Comprehension and Retention: How well do students understand the content?
• Participation and Engagement: Are students keeping-up with their reading and assignments?
• Test-Taking Skills: Are students prepared for NCLEX®-style questions and improving their test-taking skills?

 An access code inside new printed texts unlocks Davis Edge as well as a wealth of online learning tools and resources, including an ebook powered by VitalSource. 

A title in our new approach to LPN/LVN education

LPN/LVN Connections responds to the pressures and challenges faced in nursing education with a new approach that highlights key themes across our core textbooks, maintains a consistent reading level, common terminology and lab values to improve student outcomes in class and prepare them for professional practice.  Educators: Contact your F.A. Davis Consultant to learn more about LPN/LVN Connections.

Make the connections every step of the way.

Also Available…

• Study Guide for Understanding Medical-Surgical Nursing, 6th Edition
• Davis’s Nursing Skills Videos for LPN/LVN, 3rd Edition

Table of Contents

Unit 1 Understanding Health Care Issues
1. Critical Thinking and the Nursing Process
2. Evidence-Based Practice
3. Issues in Nursing Practice
4. Cultural Influences on Nursing Care
5. Complementary and Alternative Modalities

Unit 2 Understanding Health and Illness
6. Nursing Care of Patients with Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Imbalances
7. Nursing Care of Patients Receiving Intravenous Therapy
8. Nursing Care of Patients with Infections
9. Nursing Care of Patients in Shock
10. Nursing Care of Patients in Pain
11. Nursing Care of Patients With Cancer
12. Nursing Care of Patients Having Surgery
13. Nursing Care of Patients with Emergent Conditions and Disaster/Bioterrorism Response

Unit 3 Understanding Life Span Influences on Health and Illness
14. Developmental Considerations and Chronic Illness in the Nursing Care of Adults
15. Nursing Care of Older Adult Patients
16. Patient Care Settings
17. Nursing Care of Patients at the End of Life

Unit 4 Understanding the Immune System
18. Immune System Function, Assessment and Therapeutic Measures
19. Nursing Care of Patients With Immune Disorders
20. Nursing Care of Patients With HIV Disease and AIDS

Unit 5 Understanding the Cardiovascular System
21. Cardiovascular System Function, Assessment and Therapeutic Measures
22. Nursing Care of Patients With Hypertension
23. Nursing Care of Patients With Valvular, Inflammatory and Infectious Cardiac or Venous Disorders
24. Nursing Care of Patients With Occlusive Cardiovascular Disorders
25. Nursing Care of Patients With Cardiac Arrhythmias
26. Nursing Care of Patients With Heart Failure

Unit 6 Understanding the Hematologic and Lymphatic Systems
27. Hematologic and Lymphatic System Function, Assessment, and Therapeutic Measures
28. Nursing Care of Patients With Hematologic and Lymphatic Disorders

Unit 7 Understanding the Respiratory System
29. Respiratory System Function, Assessment, and Therapeutic Measures
30. Nursing Care of Patients With Upper Respiratory Tract Disorders
31. Nursing Care of Patients With Lower Respiratory Tract Disorders

Unit 8 Understanding the Gastrointestinal, Hepatic, and Pancreatic Systems
32. Gastrointestinal, Hepatobiliary, and Pancreatic Systems Function, Assessment and Therapeutic Measures
33. Nursing Care of Patients With Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders
34. Nursing Care of Patients With Lower Gastrointestinal Disorders
35. Nursing Care of Patients With Liver, Pancreatic, and Gallbladder Disorders

Unit 9 Understanding the Urinary System
36. Urinary System Function, Assessment, and Therapeutic Measures
37. Nursing Care of Patients With Disorders of the Urinary System

Unit 10 Understanding the Endocrine System
38. Endocrine System Function and Assessment
39. Nursing Care of Patients With Endocrine Disorders
40. Nursing Care of Patients With Disorders of the Endocrine Pancreas

Unit 11 Understanding the Genitourinary and Reproductive System
41. Genitourinary and Reproductive System Function and Assessment
42. Nursing Care of Women With Reproductive System Disorders
43. Nursing Care of Male Patients With Genitourinary Disorders
44. Nursing Care of Patients With Sexually Transmitted Infections

Unit 12 Understanding the Musculoskeletal System
45. Musculoskeletal Function and Assessment
46. Nursing Care of Patients With Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Disorders

Unit 13 Understanding the Neurologic System
47. Neurologic System Function, Assessment, and Therapeutic Measures
48. Nursing Care of Patients With Central Nervous System Disorders
49. Nursing Care of Patients With Cerebrovascular Disorders
50. Nursing Care of Patients With Peripheral Nervous System Disorders

Unit 14 Understanding the Sensory System
51. Sensory System Function, Assessment, and Therapeutic Measures: Vision and Hearing
52. Nursing Care of Patients With Sensory Disorders: Vision and Hearing

Unit 15 Understanding the Integumentary System
53. Integumentary System Function, Assessment and Therapeutic Measures
54. Nursing Care of Patients With Skin Disorders
55. Nursing Care of Patients With Burns

Unit 16 Understanding Mental Health Care
56. Mental Health Function, Assessment, and Therapeutic Measures
57. Nursing Care of Patients With Mental Health Disorders